I wonder if the surname RIDER indicates he is a descendant of the ancient Yorkshire de RYTHRE/de RYTHER family who were ancestral to the Wrights of Virginia (allied with the Washington family). I've been told the modern etymological version of the Ryther surname is Rider. Just wondering...~malinda jones FOR THOSE IN OR NEAR CENTRAL N.C., YOU MAY WISH TO GO TO A "ROUND TABLE" IN DURHAM THIS SPRING. At the National Humanities Center, on April 19 at 4 pm: Tom Rider, HISTORY graduate student, UNC-Chapel Hill will speak on "Guerilla warfare in the South during the American Revolution." Get in touch with me if you wish to go, [log in to unmask] John Maass, 155 Valley Oak Ct., Clemmons, NC 27012 http://bantarletonsymposium.homestead.com/index.html To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html